■ Direction Read the question below. You have 30 minutes to plan, write, and revise your essay. Typically, an effective response will contain a minimum of 300 words. ■ Question Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Use specific reason and examples to support your answer |
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▶ Topic : When people consider a major purchase, which of the following has the greatest impact on their choices? -recommendation from friends -information from magazines -reviews from online communities |
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▶ Your Answer : Undoubtedly, how people make a purchase is important in our daily lives. Some people believe that recommendations from a friend or online community have a greater impact on their choices, while others believe that information from magazines has the greatest impact. Both sides may have their own reasons to support their views. But if I were asked to choose one, I would say that getting information from the magazine effects the most. There are several reasons as follows. To begin with, magazines are filled with advertisements including fascinating images and catchy phrases to attract the viewers to buy product. As the contemporary society becomes more competitive and capitalized, there is always newer version of products and advertisements tends to lure people to throw away old ones and consume new ones regardless of its necessity. To attract buyers, one of the marketing strategy found in the most of magazines is to present idealized image that the potential buyers wish to become. For instance, I saw my favorite celebrity advertising a mineral water in a magazine one day. She presented an image of a young and successful business women, with a perfect body shape, saying that this mineral water is different from other ones. I was astonished when I went to store and bought the same product, and realized that I subconsciously identified myself with an image that I wish to become by consuming the product. Therefore, I can say that advertising in the magazine plays a huge significant role for people to purchase something. Additionally, unlike getting information from friends or online community, magazines provide specialized and neutral information from experts. In other words, because of the variety of subscribing readers, such as different gender, age, taste, and interests, the information given is more understandable and guaranteed. This is likely to help readers make their right decision. For example, my youngest sister just entered university and she needed a new laptop for her class. She tried to find all the information she could find on the web or asking their colleagues. But there were so many opinions and it made her confusing to buy the specific one. Thus, she bought a computer magazine to look up what suits her needs. She could compare different aspects such as size, storage, weight, and systems at ease and buy the right one for herself. Without the generalized information from magazine, she would have wasted her time considering what to buy. For those reasons, I believe that impact of the information from the magazine is greater than that of any other option, such as recommendations from a friend or online community.
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